Improvement in clothes-driers



B. S. BROWN,

Improvement in Clothes Driers.. y N0 124,248l Patentedlviarch, 1872.

A 4 '/d d new G Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENONI S. BROWN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1'J4,Q18,` dated March5, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

I, BENONI S. BROWN, of the cit-y of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented cert-ain Improvements in Glothes-Driers, ofwhich the following is a speciiication:

My present improvements relate to an invention secured to me by LettersPatent of the United States, No. 100,114, dated February 22, 1870. Theformer invention consisted of the arrangement, in a vertical flue, of anendless rack, on which the clothes Were arranged, and elevated andlowered by rotating the rack. The invention consists in the combination,in a vertical iiue, preferably arranged in one of the walls of thebuilding, of a seriesof horizontal bars connected by cords, and forminga folding rack, which, when not in use, folds up by the bars resting ontop of each other on the bottom of the flue, and which, when requiredfor use, is gradually filled with clothes and elevated by a rope andpulleys or equivalent means.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I is an elevation of the iiue withportions broken away to show the arrangement of the parts within. Fig.1I is a fragmentary elevation at right angles to Fig. I on an enlargedscale. Fig. 1H is a sectional plan view of the flue.

Like letters designate like parts in each of the figures.

A is the flue, preferably rectangular in cross section, and representedas formed in one of the walls of the building and extending from thebottom to the top thereof. B is the rack on which the clothes arearranged. It is constructed of horizontal bars b b, made of galvanizediron, wood, or other suitable material, and connected together andsecured apart from each other by ropes c c, several or all of the bars bsliding in vertical Ways a, d formed on the inside of the flue. Forelevating the rack I prefer to connect the ends of one or more of thebars by a rigid bail, t, to which is attached the end of a rope, d,suspended over a pulley, d1, supported centrally in the flue near itstop. From the pulley d1 the rope passes over a second pulley, d2, whenceit descends on the outside or inside ofthe flue, as desired, to aWindlass, j', arranged at a convenient point near the bottom of theflue, by which the rack B is raised and lowered. The ropes c c of therack connect With the rigid bars and bail t', as shown, or in any othersuitable manner, so as to be elevated by the rope and pulley. When theapparatus is not in use the rack B is folded, the rods b resting on thebot tom of the flue so as to take up very little space. When the drieris required to be used the rack B is gradually elevated by means of theWindlassf, and the bars b are successively filled with clothes throughthe door at the bottom. The drying capacity of the apparatus may beincreased by providing the tlue with several ways and a correspondingnumber of folding racks arranged side by side, two of such racks beingshown in Figs. II and III. The bottom ofthe flue is provided with adoor, H, having air-inlet openings h, as in my former patent. The air oriiue may be heated by any suitable means if desired, although ordinarilyit is unnecessary. The air-inlet openings /L may be provided with pipesleading to the lower story, or terminating outside of the building, forthe purpose of introducing dry and pure air into the apparatus it' thesame cannot be obtained near the bottom of the iiue.

My improved drier is compact, simple in construction, easily operated,and not liable to get outof order.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a vertical flue, of thefolding rack B and rope and pulleys or equivalent means for raising andlowering the same, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore setforth.

B. S. BROWN.

Witnesses: i

JAY HYATT, JNO. J BoNNER.

